Christian Cherry is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer active in dance, theater, and collaborative performance. His work has been featured in numerous venues across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He has produced work at Lincoln Center, the Wexner Center for the Arts, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Cherry contributed to dance festivals at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, from 1988 to 1998, and the Bates Dance Festival in Maine from 2001 to 2005. He also participated in two ADF/Seoul tours.

As a dance educator, Cherry has been part of several prominent dance departments. In 1983, he joined the Ohio State University Dance Department under the generous tutelage of Richard Schenk and Vickie Blaine. In 1993, he relocated to Florida to join the faculty at the University of South Florida. In 1996, he became the music director for dance at the University of Illinois, where he created a wide-ranging body of electro-acoustic work. Cherry moved to Oregon in 2001 as the music director for dance at the University of Oregon, accompanied by his wife and lifelong dance partner, Sarah Ebert. Excerpts of his work can be heard on SoundCloud and seen on Vimeo.

At the University of Oregon, Cherry has taught Fundamentals of Rhythm, Music for Dance, Accompaniment for Dance, Dance Improvisation, Production Technology, Contact Improvisation, Graduate Seminar, Aesthetics, and Choreographer/Composer Workshop. His research includes collaboration and process in dance, as well as the poetics of dance. His responsibilities as music director include providing technical and supervisory support for the musical and production elements of productions in the University of Oregon's Dougherty Dance Theatre.

Cherry is currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the School of Music and Dance. In the dance department, Cherry serves as the Music Director and participates in various departmental, school, and university committees.